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Boeing Dreamliner – Part Four – Going Up In The Old Style
Retro is a word that is bandied a lot – but it can be a very flexible one – in this case as far back as the 1960’s. El Al got a new Boeing 787 Dreamliner in 2018 and decided to paint it in an older livery. I think this was a superb decision –…
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Boeing Dreamliner – Part Three – Mask And Re-Mask
Just when you think you are done with the paint scheme you realise that there is another stripe… Well, that’s civil aviation. The graphic designers get let out of the dungeon and chained to the drawing boards and new corporate liveries are born. This El Al scheme is to be a retro salute to the…
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Boeing Dreamliner – Part Two – Dry Fit Wonder
I started this kit with some misgivings but they are rapidly evaporating. The only flaw I have detected so far is the loss of two engine fans. Whether they were wrenched off by the previous owner or never cast is unknown – I have just had to search the spares box and make up a…
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Boeing Dreamliner – Part One – Relict
An odd thing to see here on my page – given that I am not a fan of Russian products and do not normally model in 1/144 scale. But it is the relict of a good club friend and I’ll build it as much in his memory as in the spirit of adventure. Goodness knows…
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Aero-pondering – Part Four – Little Big Planes
I have come at last to the 1/144 scale model. I received several as presents and bought one from a legacy sale – and now I have to start thinking… The 1/72 aircraft that form the bulk of my collection are a delight to build until you come to the landing gear – and then…
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Pondering – Part Three – On The Pond
A damp look at the model ship. I used to build scale model R/C boats. They were fun, expensive, and needed a lot of maintenance. They also needed bodies of water to sail on – and councils had to give permission for this. I hated being at the let and hindrance of councillors. So I…
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Ponder Shelf – Part Two – The Iron Boxes
1/35 scale vehicles and accessories – a new standard. You can hardly fail to notice the 1/35 scale vehicle and military market. Tamiya started it, continues it, and shares it with any number of other makers. There are aisles of tanks, trucks, troops and trash cans in every hobby shop and the kits in the…
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The Shelf Of Ponder – Part One – Quo?
Other people have stashes – I have a shelf of ponder. Every model kit that sits there has some thought attached to it. In some cases the thought is ” what in the hell do I do with this? “. These are the model kits that someone has donated to me. I am delighted to…
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The Broken Model
Few accidents distressed me so much when I was a child as breaking a scale model. It happened occasionally when building, and then on during the display life of the item…we moved house frequently and you can imagine the toll this took on any collection I tried to build up. I came to appreciate Dinky…
The Little World
Close focus on the world of scale models
The Little World 